Girls' name · since 1939
Brunilda
Brunilda has 1,057 recorded births since 1939 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1959 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,218 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,057
- born since 1939
- 1960s
- peak decade
Brunilda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,057 have been recorded since 1939.
Brunilda has 1,057 recorded births among girls since 1939, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1939 to 1983.
- #7,218 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,057 born since 1939
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brunilda ranks #7,218 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,057 born since 1939, peaking in the 1960s.
- #7,218 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,057
- born since 1939
- 1960s
- peak decade
Brunilda's 1,057 recorded births place it above 90.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Brunilda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brunilda splits its recorded history at 1963: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1939 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1959 peak of 50 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brunilda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1983
- Peak year (1959)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Brunilda by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (402 births, 38% of the file).
1960s was Brunilda's strongest decade.
402 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Brunilda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 77
1940s
77 births
- 1950s
1950s
363 births
- 1960s
1960s
402 births
- 1970s
1970s
178 births
- 1980s 32
1980s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 402 births (38% of all-time use).
How Brunilda compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Brunilda's total volume
Brunilda by state
Where Brunilda concentrates geographically, total births since 1939
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 675 | 63.9% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 29 | 2.7% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 12 | 1.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.5% |
675 of 1,057 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Brunilda's data
- Brunilda's decade-level peak was the 1960s (402 total births); usage has since declined to 32 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Brunildas (675 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brunilda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~44 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1939–1983 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Brunilda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.